Affirmative action’s impact on jobs has been limited, a fact lateral entry was making publicThe article examined the efficiency of closed shops and lateral recruitment, emphasizing asset specificity. It argued that external recruit...
25 Aug, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Kerala HC seeks state govt stand on plea against Lok Ayukta ordinanceSpeaking to reporters at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday had said ordinarily there w...
10 Feb, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
J&K locals highlight Pak sponsored terror to foreign envoysThe 25 foreign envoys who visited Kashmir this week and interacted with local population felt there was feeling among locals that Pakistan ...
13 Feb, 2020, 11.03 PM IST
PIL in Supreme Court over CJI's administrative authority as master of rosterShanti Bhushan filed the PIL through his advocate and son Prashant Bhushan who wrote a letter to the apex court's secretary general stating...
07 Apr, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
All-India common test for lower judiciary need of the hour, says Supreme CourtThe total sanctioned strength of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts is 21,320 as on June 30, 2016, of these, 16,383 have ...
05 Aug, 2017, 11.30 AM IST
Supreme Court for All India common test for selection of judges for lower courtsEven the Law Commission in its various reports has favoured creation of AIJS but it was not considered to be practical by some of state gov...
10 May, 2017, 10.10 AM IST
Government 'sleeping over' setting up all India judicial service: PILThe plea further said the available number of judges are "unable to clear the huge backlog of over 30 million cases".
06 Nov, 2016, 05.50 PM IST
SC to hear plea for 'public body' to appoint judges on Sep 12The plea also said that there was no effective mechanism to address complaints of misconduct against judges.
05 Sep, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
NDA's "confrontationist attitude" responsible for SC's NJAC decision, says OppositionThe opposition said the effort should now be to work on an improved bill without interpreting the judgement as a turf battle.
17 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Congress reacts cautiously to SC verdict striking down NJAC ActCongress today said the collegium system, which will stage a comeback after the Supreme Court scrapped NJAC is "shrouded in secrecy" and ha...
16 Oct, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
D V Sadananda Gowda seeks details from CJs of HCs on judicial services examsD V Sadananda Gowda has sought details from chief justices of high courts about steps initiated to bring transparency in judicial services ...
11 Sep, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi alleges Supreme Court collegiums of indulging in "nepotism"Mukul Rohatgi alleged that successive collegiums indulged in “nepotism” in elevating acting NHRC chief Cyriac Joseph as a SC judge.
13 Jun, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Collegium has run its course: Even in the new NJAC, judiciary has veto on appointing judgesThe Constitution does not provide for such a collegium, and judges used to be appointed by the executive branch, that is the government, un...
13 May, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
Take action against judges suspect of moral deviance: VR Krishna IyerVR Krishna Iyer has sought President Pranab Mukherjee’s intervention to probe who, he says, are “suspect of moral deviance”.
16 Jul, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Collegium system should be revisited: L K AdvaniCollegium system of appointing SC judges should be revisited reports of corruption, nepotism, favouritism have been gaining ground in judic...
25 Mar, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
- Judicial Accountability Bill in Budget session of Parliament
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Manmohan Singh, had last month approved amendments to the Bill.
10 Jan, 2013, 08.05 PM IST
- Lavalin ruling dents Left's high morality plank
The Left has found a new low, this time courtesy the judiciary. The latter has dented the Left’s carefully cultivated ‘incorruptible’ image...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.10 AM IST